A regal match, I'd say. Looks great together.
Two recent finds. This first one is a large 12" tall vase. It was made by (local) Lonesomeville pottery, which in the early 2000's recreated early...
Welcome aboard. This is a great site, with generous and knowledgeable people!
High-five on that collection.
I dig that carving. Nice!
Welcome-- nice to meet 'ya.
And to clarify, 2000-3000 BC would be 4-5000 years ago. That's a long time to never chip the rim!!
The condition is too 'new,' 'crisp' and unworn for something that old.
I do! I think it was / is a kind of incense burner: a metal pan is placed under the 'face' and the smoke wafts up through the mouth and eyes.
About the monkey guys: Not long after I got all these, I have to reseed a patch of grass in our back yard, but the birds keep coming down and...
Yep. I also tried shooting them, but they are apparently 'decorative' only because they don't fly straight, so are warped, etc. Still. You'd think...
I never woulda guessed that! Thanks! I can't wait to tell my friend.
No-- they weren't Wayang puppets-- very 'general audience-ish'.
Yep-- that's what I meant!
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One day a few years ago, I'm going for a walk and I see a garage sale. It has lots of boxes. One of them has probably 30 of these: [ATTACH]...
Not NA to my eye. Not Tohono O'odham.
I'd buy that first one!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] More! - the backside of the same piece of paper is, rather than Buddhist, Taoist - it too was written by a monk / priest (not...
Ok, I finally have an interesting update on this piece! The generous and helpful shop owner, from whom I purchased my recent Chinese porcelain...
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